So PLATE XXXVI. 



It is found in May and "June-i fporting on the waters, or among the 

 buihes which overgrow the fides of pools, or gently fiov/ing ftreams ; 

 at noon, or after a fhov/er, when the fun breaks from its watery prifon, 

 and penetrates the thickets, and the groves with inviting warmth, they 

 are feen ifTuing from the dark retreat, and overhanging fhrubbery ; to 

 bafk and wanton in its effulgent beams, and fan the gently rifmg breeze 

 with their lucid Wings. In many parts on the banks of the Thames they 

 heighten the fcene by the glow and richnefs of their colouring ; the 

 green, the blue, and the red ; the yellow, purple, and the brown, in 

 their richeft teints, according to the fpecies ; and as they fly in various 

 direilions, difplay themfelves in all their native elegance and fplendor. 



F I G. II. 

 LIBELLULAPUELLA, 



Neuroptera. 



LiBELLULA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER,. 



Body red with yellow and black lines at each fegment; thorax 

 green with yellow ftripes. Wings clear, with marginal fpots. 



The body is red, with a yellow band and black mark at every feg- 

 ment ; the Thorax green, with longitudinal lines of yellow ; the 

 Wings are perfectly tranfparent, except a marginal fpot on each. It 

 is voracious, as are all the fpecies of Libellula, whether in the larva or 

 the v/inged f!:ate ; it appears about the fame tirne as the preceding, and 

 is the produce of an aquatic larva. 



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